Bistable state in superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures
arXiv:1403.3842 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.224501
Abstract
A novel state is predicted for a S/F heterostructure. It is shown that the equilibrium F/S bilayer can be in a bistable state: one state is ground and the other is metastable. One of these states is always normal and the other is superconducting. One can switch between these states by an external control parameter, for example, by an applied magnetic field. This phenomenon can manifest itself through the hysteresis behavior upon varying the applied magnetic field or, even, temperature. It can also lead to transition of the heterostructure into the superconducting state upon increase of the temperature.
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